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A way out of Guantanamo

WASHINGTON DC: One of President-elect Barack Obama’s top priorities will be to rethink the “war on terror” from the ground up. That means following through on his campaign promises to close the US military prison at Guantánamo, which would be a major symbolic achievement.Obama’s administration-in-waiting is now crafting plans to bring several dozen detainees to the United States to stand trial, according to Associated Press reports, but it should prepare to encounter hurdles. The current US...

Remember Rwanda by Defending Darfur

‘War on Terror’ Ties with Sudan No Excuse for U.S. Inaction on Genocide, Says Africa Action Yesterday the world recognized the 14th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. To honor the memory of the 800,000 people who lost their lives in this tragedy, Africa Action today called for new U.S. leadership to end the first genocide of the 21st century in Darfur, Sudan. Africa Action released several new policy resources on Darfur today, including "The Ties that Bind Bush and Bashir," a report exposing...

Candidate’s Future Policy Must be Closely Scrutinised

At times it feels like the United States is very far away. But of course the reality is that what goes on there politically will have ramifications for the whole world. We are gaining great insight into the race for the party nominations ahead of November’s presidential election from The Point’s man on the ground Alhagie Mbye and it is important that we all take careful note of the reports he sends back.   America is the world’s sole remaining superpower and the approach of its President to...

NIGER: Rebels accused of launching Iraq-inspired “urban terror” campaign

A rebel movement that has already cut northern Niger off from humanitarian aid by laying mines throughout the region has denied responsibility for landmine explosions in Maradi and Tahoua in the south. Two civilians were killed in the nearly simultaneous anti-tank mine explosions which occurred between 9pm and 11pm on 10 December. According to sources in Maradi where an anti-tank mine exploded under a civilian truck, one person died and two others were wounded. Maradi is 400 km south of the...

Africa Confidential:Shaking the world information order

The persistent phenomenon of how the Western Media have continued to treat Africa negatively is as topical today as it was nearly two decades ago when many Africans and other aggrieved proponents campaigned for the adoption of a new world information order as the best corrective approach.  In this context, African news became narrowed to the perspective of the War on Terror. Going beyond professional inadequacies and structural bias of the Western Media, Africa Confidential, the world’s leading...

Morocco raises terror threat level to 'maximum'

Police officers and government officials met on Friday in Morocco and say that a "serious threat of a terrorist act" by al-Qaeda exists in the country and has raised their terrorist attack threat level to "maximum." "[Intelligence] indicates a serious threat of a terrorist act and demands extreme mobilization by the bodies concerned," said a statement by Morocco's interior Ministry. The statement did not cite specific targets or dates. The statement also said that "reliable intelligence...